United States Seventh Circuit - September 2008 Opinion Summaries

Dominguez v. Hendley

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a city and a police officer involved in investigating plaintiff for a sex crime for which he was later...

Foster v. DeLuca

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging that plaintiff was terminated in retaliation for her political affiliation, dismissal for failure to state a claim is reversed...

US v. Hagerman

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Environmental Law, Sentencing, Water Law
In a case involving criminal sanctions against a corporation for violations of the Clean Water Act, appeals from dismissal of the government's...

Andrews v. Chevy Chase Bank

Banking Law, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In a suit alleging violations of the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) by a bank offering a variable-payment mortgage product, summary judgment for...

Univ. of Chicago Hosps. v. US

Administrative Law, Education Law, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax Law
In an action by a hospital to recover FICA taxes paid on behalf of medical residents, denial of summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where the...

Torzala v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Denial of a motion to vacate, set aside or correct defendant's sentence is affirmed where defendant knowingly and voluntarily entered into his guilty...

Musollari v. Mukasey

Immigration Law
Denial of applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture is affirmed where determinations that...

Tate v. Long Term Disability Plan for Salaried Employees of Champion Int'l Corp. #506

Attorney's Fees, ERISA
A district court judgment that an ERISA administrator had acted arbitrarily and capriciously in revoking plaintiff's long-term disability benefits,...

US v. Krasinski

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence for drug distribution and money laundering is affirmed where: 1) there was no merit to defendant's objections to an enhancement for transfer...

Deicher v. City of Evansville

Civil Rights, Evidence, Remedies
In a suit against a city and its police department alleging violation of the Driver-s Privacy Protection Act, judgment for plaintiffs is vacated on...